Bethenny's Daughter Is Growing Up Fast!

Bethenny Frankel's 14 month old daughter Bryn is really getting older! It seems like just yesterday she wasn't even crawling and now..

“This week she started walking. She’s flying now,” Bethenny told PEOPLE while promoting her Skinnygirl Daily Cleanse & Restore yesterday. “It went from 12 steps, no pun intended, to now fully walking through the house.”

So how does Bethenny and hubby Jason Hoppy feel about giving baby Bryn a little brother or sister?

“We’re talking about [having another baby], but not really actively trying,” she reveals. “There’s anxiety because of my age to be honest, but I don’t want to make choices based on fear. You never want to make a fear-based decision like, ‘Oh my God, I’m 40, we have to have a kid now.’”

Kelly Rowland & Sheree Whitfield: The 400 Club

Photo: Crunktastical

Sheree Whitfield of the ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ and singer Kelly Rowland smiled for a quick photo op at The 400 Club in Miami Beach on Saturday.

Bethenny Frankel: Skinnygirl Sangria Photoshoot

Check out this behind the scenes footage of Bethenny Frankel during her photoshoot for her new Skinnygirl Sangria!

Zara Phillips

Zara Phillips

Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips is the second child and only daughter of Princess Anne, Princess Royal and her first husband, Captain Mark Phillips. She is the eldest grand daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. At the time of her birth she was sixth in line to succeed her grandmother the Queen. As of the birth of her niece Savannah Phillips in 2010, she is 13th in the line of succession to the thrones of 16 independent countries.

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Linday Lohan under house arrest

Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan, who showed up three weeks early at Los Angeles` Lynwood Jail, is now under house arrest.

A website reports that she was immediately determined eligible to serve her time at home, so she was fitted with an electronic ankle bracelet Thursday and released.

She is now at her home in Venice, California, but cannot leave until June 29.

"She is now confined to the interior premises of her home at all times," said Steve Whitmore, the Los Angeles Sheriff`s spokesman.

The actress was last month ordered to to undertake three years probation, serve 120 days in jail and complete 480 hours of community service for jewelry theft and breaching the terms of her 2007 probation.

Home detention aims to reduce the prison population by allowing non-violent offenders to serve out their sentences in home confinement.

Lohan, who pleaded no contest to stealing a $2,500 necklace, had until June 17 to report to the prison but it is thought she wanted to do it sooner rather than later so she can begin shooting her new movie, "Gotti: three Generations"

Blog Intermission no. 13 (entr’acte) – Under the Bridges of Paris

The above picture was taken on the 4th of May 2011 – over two month ago already. Every time I have been to Paris, even just for a few days to visit my family, I have somehow found myself near the Seine in Paris. I love to watch the river from all the Paris bridges – well I don’t visit them all as there are 32 bridges over the river Seine in Paris. The Seine and its bridges has been the subject of numerous paintings by French artists as the one below

La Seine et Notre Dame de Paris, Jean-Francois Raffaeli, French 1850-1924

and International painters, as the American below

The Seine and Bridge of the Carousel, Frank Myers Boggs, American 1855-1926

and the Italian below.

Under the Bridges of Paris, Giancarlo Amurri, Italian born in 1929

The Paris bridges have also inspired talented photographers such as Brassaï from Hungary (1899-1984) as shown below by his two dramatic photographs of the Pont Neuf, taken in 1932.

Song writers have also been inspired by the Seine and its bridges. One of these songs called “Sous les Ponts de Paris” was very popular when I was growing up.

Under the Pont Neuf, Joseph Kleitsch, American 1885-1931

It was recorded both in French and English by the American singer Eartha Kitt.

Eartha Kitt, American Singer, 1927-2008 (unknown author of photo)

Eartha Kitt was a versatile star who distinguished herself in cabaret, music, television, theater and films. She performed in over 100 countries and sang in ten different languages. In the television series “Batman” of the 1960s she was a “Catwoman.” Her kitten “growl” became her trademark. Here she is singing Sous les Ponts de Paris – Under the Paris Bridges - (the lyrics are afterwards.)

Sous les Ponts de Paris

Sous les ponts de Paris, lorsque descend la nuit,
Tout's sort's de gueux se faufil'nt en cachette
Et sont heureux de trouver une couchette,
Hôtel du courant d'air, où l'on ne paie pas cher,
L'parfum et l'eau c'est pour rien mon marquis
Sous les ponts de Paris. 2x
Quel rendez-vous !

My darling why I sing this song
Is easy to explain.
It tells what happens all along
The bridges of the Seine.

The vagabonds go there at night
To sleep all their troubles away,
But when the moon is shining bright
My heart wants to sing it this way.

How would you like to be
Down by the Seine with me
Oh what I'd give for a moment or two
Under the bridges of Paris with you

Darling I'd hold you tight
Far from the eyes of night
Under the bridges of Paris with you
I'd make your dreams come true

Oh chérie, je veux apporter mes bras
Je veux apporter mon cœur
Je veux apporter all my love

Sous les ponts de Paris
Lorsque descends la nuit
Under the bridges of Paris with you
I'd make your dreams come true.


The Seine and Bridge Alexandre III, Robert Ricart, French contemporary

It would be nice to be near the bridges of Paris right now. It would be even nicer to be there next Thursday, on the 14th of July, (for the National Holiday, called Bastille Day in anglophone countries) when fireworks can be seen near the Eiffel Tower and reflected in the Seine.

(Photo courtesy Bank d’Images)

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Danielle Staub: Chateau Nightclub & Gardens

Danielle Staub attends the Chateau Nightclub & Gardens at the Paris Las Vegas on July 8, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Credit: Wire Image (David Becker)

Danielle Staub At Las Vegas' Sugar Factory

Danielle Staub attended the Sugar Factory at the Paris Las Vegas on last night, July 8, 2011, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Credit: Wire Image (David Becker)

LuAnn Annoyed By Jill For Offering Music Advice

On tonight's episode of Real Housewives of New York, we get to see Countess LuAnn as she heads to the recording studio to listen to her single and make some finishing touches with the producer.

Where's the drama in that, you may ask? She invites Jill to join her -- and she does a little more than sit back and listen.

“The words are great, but I think if you are going for the club market, more dance,” Jill suggests. “It sounds like chorus, dance, chorus, dance — and maybe it should be dance, chorus, dance, chorus. I don’t know. I’m just saying I want to hear you sing, but I also want to be able to dance. I don’t want to dance over your singing.”

“I love Jill, and Jill loves to take over as my manager, but I don’t think Chris really wanted her advice on how to mix his music,” she told cameras.

See for yourself how it all goes down tonight on the Real Housewives of New York City at 10:00PM on Bravo.

Melissa Gorga & Family Enjoy 4th Of July Holiday

Real Housewives of New Jersey star Melissa Gorga spent the 4th of July holiday with her hubby Joe and their children doing what every family loves to do -- going to the boardwalk. She took to her Twitter account to post some pictures of herself, and her little cuties!